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Health Information Technology ConsultingAs the national knowledge center on rural electronic health record adoption, The Center offers comprehensive services targeted at rural hospitals, rural health clinics and state and national HIT programs.

LeadershipSuccess begins with strong, informed leadership. The Center offers a variety of services, on-site and remotely, to leaders to assess strengths and identify areas of useful performance improvement.

Strategic PlanningEffective planning is critical for organizational success. Expertly facilitated services conducted by The Center’s staff of national rural health experts will help hospitals and organizations achieve this success.

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Performance Management Group (PMG) CallsLearn from the experience of leading hospital administrators and nationally recognized field experts. PMG calls allow peer-to-peer education focused on preparing rural hospitals for new payment and care delivery models.

Webinar: MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Group

2:00 p.m. Central Time

Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) Virtual Knowledge Group calls are intended to provide a forum for state Flex Program personnel and subcontractors to share MBQIP successes, discuss challenges and brainstorm strategies to assist hospitals toward reporting, participating, improving and excelling across the four quality domains of patient safety, outpatient care, patient engagement and care transitions. A round robin format will be used to make sure all participants have an opportunity to contribute. Topics for discussion will be determined based on MBQIP data reports, technical assistance trends and requests.

Upcoming Events

The purpose of the Community-Based Division All Programs Meeting (CBD APM) is to create a shared learning environment in which awardees can discover innovative strategies for program implementation, share best practices, gather lessons learned from fellow awardee experiences, and identify potential opportunities for collaboration through networking with others.

Quality Reporting Specialist Robyn Carlson of Stratis Health will be offering open office hour calls to discuss CAHMBQIP data abstraction questions on April 11, 2018. Sessions are free of charge, but registration is required.